A Seated Male Nude

Carle Van Loo

Associated Names
Carle Van Loo

Artist, French, 1705 - 1765

This drawing shows a full-body sketch of a male figure. He is seated, with one leg bent and resting on a ledge on the right and his other leg on the ground. His body is curved slightly inward, and his head is tilted downward as he looks to the right. The man has strong facial features with defined cheekbones, a prominent nose, and a full head of slightly wavy hair that falls back from his face. He is unclothed, revealing a well-defined, muscular physique. The man sits on what appears to be a draped cloth on top of undefined steps. The background is made of thin, diagonal lines. The drawing is done in red on tan paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.8 x 37.9 cm (19 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.239


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 176 (color).

Inscriptions

by an eighteenth-century hand, lower left in pen and black ink: Carle Van loo; by later hand, upper right in graphite: [w?]; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 48159 / Loyau

Wikidata ID

Q64538056

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